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Main Dish Recipes

Main dishes are - for obvious reason - the main attraction of any meal.  But that doesn't mean they have to be intimidating, or overly complex.

Here are the usual links to some of the superstars of my favorite main dish recipes.

Main dish recipes can be vegetarian like:

  • Easy Red Lentils and Rice - my absolute favorite comfort food and so easy to make.
  • Tofu Coconut Green Curry - Serious yum power
  • 13 Bean Soup - Simple, Affordable, Nourishing

My favorite main dish recipes that center around chicken, beef, pork, lamb, and seafood:

  • Buttery Shrimp with Worcestershire - not the easiest but definitely not the hardest but oh so worth it!
  • BBQ Oven Baked Beef Short Ribs - Takes a long time to cook but so easy to make!
  • Chicken and Stewed Tomatoes - Comfort food delishness.
  • My Mama's Homemade Pork Green Chili - So good the next day!
Top view of white plate/bowl of white rice covered in a yellow curry sauce with cubed tofu, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, and peas. Fork and spoon on napkin on side.

Tofu Vegetable Coconut Curry with Rice

Top down view of a large white bowl of bean soup in broth with bay leaves on top. Close up.

Simple Vegetarian Black Eyed Peas and Rice

Sauteed Shrimp In A Red/Brown Butter & Worcestershire Sauce In A White Bowl with a Spoon.

Buttery Shrimp with Worcestershire Sauce

5 Seared Scallops In A Bowl With a Light Layer Of Roasted Sweet Potato Puree

Scallops In Roast Sweet Potato Puree

Baked Mediterranean Frittata in Oval Baking Pan with cherry tomatoes, spinach, eggs, feta, capers, and olives

Healthy Oven Baked Mediterranean Frittata

Roasted butternut squash on top of arugula on a white plate. Garnished with chopped walnuts and red pomegranate kernels. side view.

Roasted Butternut Squash Arugula Salad

Chicken & Sausage Gumbo in a white shallow bowl with sliced okra.

Creole Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

Creamy Orange / Yellow Squash soup in a white bowl. White napkin, spoon and black pepper shaker on the side. Top view.

Simple, Easy, and Hearty Butternut Squash Soup

Close up of elbow Macaroni & Yellow Cheddar Cheese Pie topped with golden buttery breadcrumbs.

Southern Baked Macaroni and Cheese Pie

Top view of ¾ white deep plate with wild rice, chunks of roast sweet potatoes and chickpeas. Topped with cilantro and toasted coconut flakes.

Sweet Potatoes and Chickpeas In Coconut Milk Over Rice

Pork Chop on a plate with a green lettuce salad. Chunky Portobello Mushrooms on top of chop. On a white plate with a red glass of wine.

Pork Chops w/ Portobello Mushrooms

Whole Roasted Turkey Breast in Gravy On White Platter

Easy Roasted Turkey Breast

Yellow Spaghetti Squash "pasta" with green kale and parmesan pesto with toasted squash seeds on top. Ona white plate with black rim.

Baked Spaghetti Squash with Kale Pesto

1 oven browned Quiche on white towels in a vertical shot. side view

Easy Quiche Lorraine (Bacon and Swiss)

Whole golden brown chicken pot pie with one slice missing. Pie slice on white plate in background.

Easy Chicken Pot Pie (Chicken Thighs)

Thin sliced flank steak on a wood cutting board with a knife. Meat is pink in the middle.

Easy Marinated Lemon Dijon Flank Steak

Top view of cooked Broccoli and Swiss Cheese Quiche with a browned crust.

Easy Broccoli and Swiss Cheese Quiche

Top view of white plate with Cranberry relish on the bottom and pan fried chicken on top. Fork, knife and napkin on the side. Bowl of mashed potatoes above plate.

Easy Pan Seared Chicken with Cranberry Sauce

Side View of 13 bean soup in a red tomato sauce on a white wood table. side view. white bowl. Thyme sprigs in the back ground

Simple Vegetarian 13 Bean Soup

White Shallow Bowl Filled with Tomato Based Red Stew with carrots, shrimp, and clams.

Classic Cioppino (Fish Stew)

Half a delicata squash hollowed out and roasted and stuffed with parsley and pistachio pesto and garnished with pomegranate kernels on a white plate with orange sauce.

Festive Vegetarian Stuffed Delicata Squash

White bowl of tomato based soup with sausage, carrots,arugula, white beans, and garnished with thin slices of Parmesan cheese. Spoon and baguette on the side.

Minestrone Soup with Sausage and Cannellini Beans

Chicken breast with Mozzerella broiled on over a bed of spaghetti with marinara. 2 white plates. Basil Garnish.

Italian Stuffed Chicken Breast Cacciatore

Mushroom Gravy Beef Pot Roast Whole On Wood Serving Platter with Thyme sprig garnish

Pot Roast With Mushroom Gravy

Burrito on a plate cut open to expose black beans, eggs, and cheese. Side of tomato salsa and arugula. Fork and knife on plate.

Freezable Egg and Black Bean Breakfast Burritos

White shallow bowl filled with cooked browned beef, chunks of carrots and potatoes in a beef broth with thyme sprigs on top. Spoon and glass of white wine on side.

Easy Crockpot Beef and Vegetable Stew

2 Chicken cutlets with a herb butter sauce on top of mixed greens and halved cherry tomatoes with a parmesan garnish. 2 plates.

Easy Chicken Tenders with Lemon Butter

Top view of rich red / orange soup with chunks of chicken and goat cheese garnish.

Sopa Azteca - Mexican Chicken Soup with Tortillas

Creamy Orange sweet potato soup in a wood bowl with a spoon on the side and an orange napkin.

Roasted Sweet Potato Soup

White shallow bowl of chunks of cooked pork shoulder and Italian Sausage in a red marinara sauce over grits. Garnished with Parmesan cheese and crispy chopped bacon.

Pork Shoulder & Italian Sausage Ragout (Ragu)

Braised Chicken & Mushrooms on a white plate, with brown gravy over rice with a thyme sprig on top.

Chicken Thighs with Mushroom Gravy

Side View wood bowl of white cauliflower soup with 5 croutons and a chopped parsley garnish

Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Bisque

2 Chorizo, Veggie, and Pine Nut Stuffed Acorn Squash on a wood cutting board. Top side view.

Baked Chorizo Stuffed Acorn Squash

Top view. 2 fillets of white fish in a lemon butter sauce with thin sliced lemons over the top of the fish and a chopped parsley garnish.

Lemon Butter Triggerfish

A Cast Iron Skillet over a gas oven cooking with chunked beef and carrots in a brown dark red wine gravy.

Classic Cast Iron Beef Bourguignon

Top down view of white soup bowl filled with broth, kale, beans, and sliced sausage. Spoon sticking out. Grated Parmesan cheese on the side in a wood bowl. Chopped parsley in a small bowl on the side.

Turkey Kielbasa, White Bean, and Kale Soup

White plate of meatballs with red sauce and spaghetti with grated parmesan cheese and a fork.

Bison Meatball Spaghetti

2 white plates of scrambled eggs topped with halved cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, parsley, and feta. Vertical view.

Healthy Scrambled Eggs and Vegetables

Chicken cutlets are pounded thin in this recipe with a meat mallet, filled with cooked spinach, onions, and garlic, & wrapped in pancetta and held together by toothpicks.

Pancetta Wrapped Chicken Breast

Side view of three boneless pork chops in a peach tomato sauce in a black skillet. Close up.

Peach Tomato Pork Chops

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I’m Beckie Hemmerling. I love food and I think of it on a basic level of providing strength & nourishment. Cooking has helped me *try* to figure out life, not just my own, but also other people's. I have cooked through many joys / sorrows and cooking has always been a meditative place through these highs & lows. More background info →

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